2023 Michel Gahier Rouge du Max

WINEMAKER: Michel Gahier
REGION: Jura, FR
VARIETY: Trousseau
VITICULTURE: Organic

"This wine is made from a family plot near Cramans Michel recently took responsibility for. Max is the name of his nephew who helped make the wine. The plot is only .25 hectares and also has a tiny amount of Mondeuse (1% ) and Pinot Noir (9% ) as well as the Trousseau. The soil is light with lots of pebbles. It was matured in foudre which Michel Gahier uses for all of his red wines." - Living Wines

Michel Gahier lives in the centre of the village of Montigny-les-Arsures which lies near the central town of Arbois. The reason this is significant is that Montigny is regarded as the finest terroir for the Trousseau grape in the Jura. When we first tasted his wines we were very excited by their purity and their minerality. Michel is a quiet but talented vigneron who tends his vines meticulously and watches carefully over his wines as they are maturing. He likes to make his wine using the traditional techniques of the Jura. Michel tends 6 hectares of vines of which 3 hectares are given over to Trousseau and the remainder is split between Chardonnay and Savagnin.